Dixie Jean (Major) Cobine, 86, passed away peacefully at 9:23 A.M., Thursday, March 12, 2020 at her residence.

Dixie was a daughter of the late Victor Lynn and Ivogene (Warford) Major and was born at home in Roxana on January 21, 1934.

She and James R. Cobine were married December 19, 1952 in Roxana.  He passed away September 14, 2009.

Dixie worked at the United Way in St. Louis before becoming a full-time homemaker.  She later returned to the outside workforce as an Executive Secretary for Restorative Dentistry at S.I.U.E. Dental School in Alton, retiring after many years of service.

She enjoyed a lifetime of traveling, antique shopping, meeting friends over coffee and loved to talk.  In her later years, she rescued many cats abandoned in Roxana.  Dixie was a long time member of the First Baptist Church in Roxana and later at the Cottage Hills Baptist Church.

Survivors include four children; Mike & Monica Cobine of Ocala Florida, Cindy & Steve Kamp of Rosewood Heights; Jeff & Tricia Cobine of Wood River; Joe Cobine of Roxana; five grandchildren; Jim & Samantha Kamp of Collinsville, David & Hanna Kamp of Rosewood Heights, Justin Cobine, Austin Cobine of Wood River, Jessica Cobine of Orlando, Florida; three great grandchildren, Hazel, Oliver, Ivy Kamp of Collinsville.  Beloved niece, Terry Heisner.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 A.M. until service time at 12:00 P.M. Monday, March 16, 2020 at Gray Funeral Home in Wood River with Rev. Stephen Gray officiating.

Dixie will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband, Jim at Wanda Cemetery in South Roxana.

Dixie was also preceded in death by her sister, Dorothy Williams White and brother James Major.

Memorials have been designated as the Leukemia Foundation & the Madison County Animal Shelter.